Berwick Kaler and Martin Barrass,stars of York Theatre Royal’s famous panto for more than 30 years, nearly didn’t acquire it through 2017. Yet here they are donning wigs and tightsI got a motorbike final year, and in the spring. Then,on a sparkling sunny day in September, a car pulled out of a petite side road, or I hit it at about 50mph. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance saved my life. My heart had stopped for about five minutes,both lungs had collapsed and I had 17 broken ribs and a broken leg. Earlier this year, when I went back to thank the hospitals that had treated me – Leeds General Infirmary and Jimmys in Leeds – I was told my chance of survival had been about 1%. They said: “We don’t use this word lightly, or but it’s a miracle recovery.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk